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INDEX 



[Nature, June 7, i5 



Remsen (Ira), Elements of Chemistry, 317 



Rendiconti del Reale Istituto Lombardo, 404, 500 



Renon (M.): Observations of Fog, 282; Rainfall of Paris, 



542 

 Resal (M. H.), Traite de Physique Mathematique, 504 

 Researches on the Influence of Magnetism and Temperature on 



the Electric Resistance of Bismuth and its Alloys with Lead 



and Tin, Ed. van Aubel, 525 

 Respiratory Combustions, Influence of Sleep on, L. de Saint 



Martin, 167 

 Revenue Method of Estimating and Charging the Duty" on 



Spirits, 481 

 Revue d'Anthropologie, 163, 477 

 Reymond (Dr. C. du B.), Photography of the Pupil of the Eye 



when in Darkness, 576 

 Reynolds (J. Emerson), Experimental Chemistry for Junior 



Students, 388 

 Rhodium, on the Sesquichloride of, 600 

 Ribot (T.), and the Chair of Psychology at the College de 



France, 421, 442 

 Ricco (Prof. Annibale), on the Crepuscular Phenomena of 



1883-84, 118 

 Richards (F. T.), Romantic Love and Personal Beauty, H. T. 



Finck, 149 

 Richthofen (Ferdinand Freiherr von), Flihrer fiir Forschungs- 



reisende — Anleitungen zu Beobachtungen iiber Gegenstande 



der Physischen Geographie und Zoologie, 603 

 Ridewood (Mr.) and Prof. G. B. Howes, on the Carpus and 



Tarsus of the Anura, 503 

 Ridley's (H. N.) Natural History Collection in Fernando 



Noronha, 119 

 Riecke (Profs. Mayer and). New Properties of Carbon Atoms, 



567 



Riggs (R. B.), Tourmaline, 358 



Rimington (E. C), Measurement of Power given to Trans- 

 former, 502 



Rings, Fairy, J. Sargeant, 151 



Rio de Janeiro, Imperial Observatory of, Annuario published by, 



399 

 Rio del Rey, Dr. Zintgraff' s Start for, 354 

 Rio Doce and its Northern Tributaries, Brazil, W. J. Steains, 



285 

 Rittinghaus (Herr), on the Resistance of Pollen to Various 



External Influences, 494 

 Rivista Scientifico-Industriale, 47, 118, 308, 404, 525, 573 

 Roberts (Ralph A.), a Treatise on the Integral Calculus, 75 

 Roberts- Austen (Prof. Chandler) : on the Impossibility of separ- 

 ating Elements of Alloys by means of Electric Currents, 303 ; 



Mechanical Properties of Certain Alloys, 497 

 Robinson (F. C), Northford Meteorite, 500 

 Robinson (Henry), Green Colouring-matter of Decaying Wood, 



536 

 Rockwood Meteorite, the, 163 

 Rohde (R. T.), a Practicable Decimal System, 493 

 Romanes (Geo. J., F.R.S.): Mr. Seebohm on Physiological 



Selection, 246 ; elected FuUerian Professor of Physiology at 



the Royal Institution, 282 ; Morality and Utility, Geo. Payne 



Best, 290; Ethical Import of Darwinism, Jacob Gould Schur- 



man, 290 ; Dr. Whewell's Origin of Species, 486 

 Romantic Love and Personal Beauty, H. T. Finck, F. T. 



Richards, 149 

 Ronkar (E.), Note on the Oscillations of a Pendulum produced 



by the Displacement of the Axis of Suspension, 23 

 Roscoe (Sir Henry, F.R.S.) : and Woolwich. Examinations in 



Physical Science, 409 ; a Treatise on Chemistry, 460 

 Rosenberg (W.) : Dependence of the Colour of Bodies on the 



Angle of Incidence of the Rays of Light, 525 

 Rosenbusch (Prof, von H.) : Petrography, by F. H. Hatch, 



458 ; Work on Petrology, 509 ; Prof. T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., 



556 

 Roses, Attar of. Production of, in Bulgaria, 616 

 Rosicrucians, the Real History of the, -Arthur Edward Waite, 



193 

 Ross (James G.), Coral Formations, 461, 584 

 Rousdon Observatory, 353 

 Rousseau (Emile), Death of, 378 

 Roux (Leon), New Naphthalene Derivatives, 156 

 Rovelli (Prof. Costantino), Crepuscular Hints in connection 



with the Hygrometric State of the Atmosphere, 404 

 Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Branch, 257 



Royal Geographical Society, 285 ; Douglas W. Freshfield on a 

 Visit to the Caucasus, 496 ; Founder's Medal awarded to 

 Clements R. Markham, F.R.S. , 617; Royal Medal awarded 

 to lyieut. Wissmann, 617 



Royal Horticultural Society, l6l, 378, 550; Dr. Maxwell T. 

 Masters, F.R.S., 176 



Royal Institution, 87, 257 ; G. J. Romanes elected Fullerian 

 Professor of Physiology at the, 282 ; Right Hon. Sir William 

 R. Grove, F.R.S., Lecture on Antagonism, 617 



Royal Meteorological Society, 143, 257, 309, 378, 454, 526 ; 

 Presidential Address, 310 ; Proposed Exhibition of Apparatus 

 connected with Atmospheric Electricity, 349 



Royal Microscopical Society, 166, 359, 431, 574; President's 

 Annual Address, Rev. Dr. Dallinger, F.R.S., 448 



Royal Society, 142, 164, 186, 190, 213, 287, 308, 333, 358, 

 383, 404, 430, 452, 478, 501, 525, 550, 573, 598, 623 ; 

 Politics and the Presidency of the Royal Society, Prof. 

 Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., 76 ; Prof. Alexander W. Williamson, 

 F.R.S., 76 ; W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., 103 ; Anniversary 

 Meeting of. Address by the President, 115 ; List of Names 

 for Election, 33 



Royal Society of New South Wales, 301 



Royal University of Ireland, Calendar, 473 ; Examination 

 Papers, 519 



Riicker (Prof. Arthur W., F.R.S.) : Instability of Freshly-Mag- 

 netized Needles, 77 ; on the Constant P in Observations 

 of Terrestrial Magnetism, 127, 272 ; Botanists and the Micro- 

 millimetre, 388 ; the Range of Molecular Forces, 405 ; 

 and C. V. Boys, on the Optical Demonstration of Electrical 

 Stress, 407 



Runic Inscription, Discovery of Gold Armlet with, on the 

 Island of Fredoen, 283 



Runic Stone with Inscription, Discovery of, in Sweden, 283 



Russia : Meteorology in, 19 ; Tigers found in Parts of Asiatic 

 and European Russia, 36 ; Proposed Commission to observe 

 Earthquakes in, 88 ; Storm-Signals in, 91 ; Meteorological 

 Observations on Russian Men-of-war, 187 ; Russian Geo- 

 graphical Society, 570 ; Russian Zoological Station at Villa- 

 franca, 566 ; Technical Education in, 566 ; Cultivation of the 

 Cotton Tree in, 595 



Ruthenium, Researches on, 28S 



Rutin and Quercitrin, Supposed Identity of, Dr. E. Schunck, 

 F.R.S , 406 



Rutley (Frank), Mineralogy, 245 



Rykatschew (Cilpt.), Winds and Pressure of Casjiian Sea, 257 



Saccharomyces ellipsoideus, on, by M. Georges Jacquemin, 479 



Sailor's Sky Interpreter, the, S. R. Elson, 5 



St. Elmo's Fire, Cases of, recorded at Ben Nevis Observatory, 



112 

 Saint- Martin (L. de). Influence of Sleep on Respiratory Com- 

 bustion, 167 

 St. Petersburg, Central Physical Observatory, 231 

 Salamon (Alfred Gordon), and Boverton Redwood, Institute of 



Chemistry, 393 

 Saline Deposits, Dr. Carl Ochsenius, 220 

 Saline Sul)stances, on the Absorption of, by Plants, MM. 



Berthelot and Andre, 527, 551 

 Saline Tracts, Planting Waste, 493 

 Salmonidse, British and Irish : Dr. Francis Day, 242, 296, 366, 



321 ; Your Reviewer, 366 

 Salomon (Dr.), Physiological Action of Paraxanthin, 215 

 Salomons (Sir D.), Management of Accumulators, 485 

 Salt Industry in the United States, Geo. P. Merrill, 558 

 Salts of Aniline, on some, 48 



Salts of Cobalt, Action of Sulphuretted Hydrogen on, 24 

 Salts, Experiments on Saturation Weights of, M. Umoff, 542 

 San Domingo, Excursion into the Unknown Interior of. Baron 



H. Eggers, 545 

 Sandstone, a Mechanical Cause of the Lamination of, not 



hitherto noticed, T. Mellard Reade, 222 

 Sanitary Assurance Association, 380 



Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, Transactions of the, 535 

 Sanitation, Sociological Aspects of, 232 

 Santis, Permanent Observatory on the Summit of the, 351 

 Sargeant (J.), Fairy Rings, 151 

 Saturn: on the Mass of the Planet, L. de Ball, 118; Ph3rsical 



Observations on, Paul Stroobant, 308 

 Saturn's Rings, Variability of, 407 



